I first heard of Dia de las Chingonas by Lupe, the owner of Bohemeo’s, he showed me all the art that was exposed that day which we have showed you before. “Chingonas” means “Bad ass” in this case used as a feminine gender in Spanish that is why they called The day of bad ass girls, which would be the closest translation to Dia de las Chingonas, a day where Lizbeth Ortiz, Julie Zarate and Stephanie Guajardo had an expo showing their work and having some of their pieces on sale. We have now come to show you the work of last but not least Stephanie Guajardo.
Stephanie Guajardo, originally from Dallas, Texas is a self-taught artist who has been drawing off and on since she was a little girl. The majority of her art is graphite and watercolor on watercolor paper.“I love graphite and graphite loves me.” She says.
Most of the art she has on sale at http://stephanieguajardo.etsy.com/ is from her Frida Kahlo series originals and giclee prints that come in two sizes for six different drawings.
“I use the images of Frida Kahlo in her famous photographs. I create a detailed foreground and background that is influenced by Frida’s facial expression, her clothing, the way she carries herself or by what I think she may have been experiencing in her life at the time the photograph was taken” She says.
Her favorite artists or performers are Frida Kahlo, Trent Reznor, H.R. Giger, Diego Rivera, Luis Jimenez, M.C. Escobar and Benito Huerta. She likes MECA as her favorite Visual Art Space.
“Working with my hands is what i do best” She tells us and you can also see crafts, draws, sculpts and jewelry done by her. She uses watercolor on some of her drawings and plan to try painting on canvas sometime soon.
She plans to add more pieces over time to shop as she creates them or decide to sell work she already has on hand.
Check out http://arteabla.ning.com/profile/StephanieGuajardo?xg_source=activity or http://artshouston.ning.com/profile/StephanieGuajardo to purchase Stephanie’s work, be her friend on MySpace here http://www.myspace.com/blue_azul_baby and follow her on twitter http://twitter.com/StephGuajardo .
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